Correct. This double standard reveals an underlying belief that managers are more productive and that engineers should eventually become managers if they are to

Correct. This double standard reveals an underlying belief that managers are more productive and that engineers should eventually become managers if they are to scale their productivity. It's a fundamental misconception and underestimation of what constitutes software engineering, and it artificially constrains it because software can inherently scale by its very nature. The more you understand how software, the more you can leverage it to scale productivity, not just deployment and testing but also development and even prototyping.